Device for holding protectors upon the edges of coats, &amp;c.



J. R. WATERS.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING PROTECTORS UPON THE EDGES 0F COATS, &c. APPLICATIONFILED APR. 8, 191a.

1,292,25Q0 Patented Apr. 10, 1917.

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JOSEPH R. WATERS, 0F PRINCESS ANNE, MARYLAND.

DEVICE FOR HOLDING PROTECTORS UPON THE EDGES 0F COATS, 8w.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 11]), 1917.

Application filed April 8, 1916. Serial No. 89,908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH R. lVA'rnRs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Princess Anne, in the county of Somerset and State ofMaryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devicesfor Holding Protectors Upon the Edges of Coats, &c.; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in devices forholding protectors upon the ed es of coats and consists of a simple ande cient device of this nature having various details of construction,combinations and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fullydescribed, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specificallydefined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a view of a coat showing the application of my invention asholding a protector upon the edges of the coat.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the holding device.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Ddesignates the holding piecemade of a single piece of wire having astraight shank portion D", bent to form oppositely disposed loops D andthe wire at corresponding ends of the loops is bent to form theresilient bail-shaped por tions D. Each end of a bail-shaped por tionterminates in an eye D through which the shank portion D passes.

In Fig. 1 0f the drawings, I have illustrated a coat A with a collar Aand lapel A and the projecting devices B, shown as held over the meetingedges of the coat, the edges being held near to each other by the loopsB which engage over the buttons B To support the protecting device, astrap C is fastened at O to the ends of the protecting devices andpasses underneath the lapel and collar.

In applying the holding device, the protectors are adjusted as shown inFig. 1 and the resilient bail-shaped members of the holder sprung overthe meeting edges of the coat opposite each other with the straightshank portions D engaging the edges of the coat. The resiliency of saidbail-shaped members will tend to hold the protecting device frictionallyin place.

What I claim to be new is A device for holding a protector over theedges of coats, consisting of a single piece of wire having a straightshank portion bent to form oppositely disposed loops, the wire atcorresponding ends of the loops being bent to form resilient bail-shapedportions, each end of the wire bent to form an eye engaging the straightshank portion of the wire intermediate the loops.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JOSEPH R. WATERS.

Witnesses:

M. L. OosTEN, D. J. WHITE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Eatents, Washington, D. G.

